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Polzeath

Postby pacey » Wed May 23, 2007 12:01 pm

What's the lowdown?

Good break? What about the town itself?

Just wondering as may head there this w/end instead of braving the Newquay gangland during RTTS.
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Postby soops » Wed May 23, 2007 12:21 pm

I love polzeath. Its my favourite surf spot.
Surf is usually consistant for a beginner but you better ask someone else for more detail.

Its not really a town. More a village, there is a spar and a cost cutter, a couple of surf shops and a couple of cafes. A nice camp site is on the cliff by the coast but it can get blowy so be warned.

Its dead nice atmos tho, and there is a nice walk along the cliffs if you are bored too.
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed May 23, 2007 12:54 pm

Polzeath is a pretty good break.
Still crowded, but not like Newquay, and the vibe isnt too bad in the water.

Its unlikely to be working this weekend though. :(
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Postby soops » Wed May 23, 2007 12:57 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote:Polzeath is a pretty good break.
Still crowded, but not like Newquay, and the vibe isnt too bad in the water.

Its unlikely to be working this weekend though. :(


dbbb, what is your shout for the weekend?
I can only get out on the monday b/h and can only see rain and crap surf all over the s/w by then :cry: :cry:
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Postby pacey » Wed May 23, 2007 1:05 pm

I hear ya mate, fortunate we haven't book anything in some ways, as it means we can go with the flow (or the swell)

Although I need to be somewhere I can hire kit, which is a pain! Sold my board a good time ago when I needed the cash (marooned in LA otherwise! LOL)
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed May 23, 2007 1:21 pm

soops wrote:dbbb, what is your shout for the weekend?


There's a couple of unusual features about the weather patterns right now, so there's some unpredictability from about monday onwards, but generally its gonna be a shortperiod wind chop only :(

I dont think anywhere will be working very well this weekend. :(
Weather getting steadily worse from saturday onwards too.

Still time for things to change, and the patterns are a bit weird so maybe something unexpected will get thrown our way.
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed May 23, 2007 1:23 pm

pacey wrote:Although I need to be somewhere I can hire kit, which is a pain! Sold my board a good time ago when I needed the cash (marooned in LA otherwise! LOL)


:lol: :lol: :lol: :bigoops: :lol:
There wont be any problems hiring kit in Polzeath. As always though, its a challenge to find a 'real' board that you'd want to surf :wink:
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